fool around
Example Sentences
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"He'd fool around at the reception desk and would check patients in," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Chief among them is that Mother Nature didn’t fool around in 2023 — we have endured 25 natural disasters this year with individual price tags of more than $1 billion.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Swallows, with their forked black tails, fool around in the wind by the raw bluff face, just beneath a stretch of floppy, black, muddy pipe that used to be underground.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023
“You shouldn’t fool around with this,” one interview subject tells her.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021
“Why do you fool around with these things?”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
